It has been stated many times that we're not about to feature every single metal band that has ever existed. Usually we only add already accomplished bands with at least one full-length release. Still, many bands escape our attention, so it's up to you to tell us which of them are the most worthy of being featured on Metal Storm.

Bands listed here are suggested for addition by our users. You can vote for these bands as well as provide additional comments - both of which will be taken into account when we look for the next band to feature on Metal Storm. If the band is not in the list, you can suggest it here (you need to be a registered member).

Make sure you also check the Blacklisted bands - these are the bands we're not going to add at all, since we feel they won't be appropriate for this website. Yes, some non-metal bands are already featured here, but that's not the reason to add a lot more - so we don't accept arguments like "hey, this band is way more metal than band X you have featured!".

22.05.2012 - RocknRaven
It has been a while since being really blown away from a new discovery.
ProFusion is a bit hard to categorize, combining Progressive Metal riffs, Eclectic stuff a la Beardfish, and catchiness like, well... It just gets stuck in your mind and won't go away.
I've yet to have listened to their first album, but their second one (Rewotower) has really blown me away.
The first song of the album (Ghost House) is available on their Reverbnation page.

25.07.2013 - LeKiwi
I'm just not impressed with bands like this these days...all this type of prog is the same. Sounds like watered down DT...

15.08.2014 - elt
very good...I also listened to a preview of their third album, really nice ...

02.05.2012 - gabrielsanctus
Ace Of Hearts is a "supergroup" with members of Secret Sphere, Icon & the Black Roses and Odd Dimension, his debut album "Monster" is a MUST for the fans of the genre!
Enjoy!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DplgyNZOgN4&feature=player_embedded

10.04.2009 - Hunter'sMoon
It's kinda rare to see a band with old influences nowadays. And, to be honest, I think that what they say about rock'n'roll is true:
"ROCK'N'ROLL IS NOT ABOUT TECHNIQUES AND 32-NOTES-A-SECOND SOLOS, IT'S ABOUT TOUCHING PEOPLE WITH YOUR MUSIC".

18.04.2009 - Dr.Rock
It's kinda rare to see a band with old influences nowadays?
....uhhhh, which planet are you living on?

14.10.2009 - artah
"Sår" (Sar) is a solo project in Depressive Suicidal Black Metal (DSBM) genre which started in 2008 by its only member "Don Andolini" in the north of Iran. The word "Sår" has been taken from one of the Sortsind's song titles with the same name, and it means "Wounds" in English.

07.03.2010 - FrostFlame
The Canadian rock band was popular in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Triumph began building their reputation across North America as a live band, peaking in the early 1980s as an import before interest gradually declined. Today, the power trio continue to receive radio airplay on Classic Rock stations and are perhaps best remembered for their positive message songs and their vibrant energetic concerts, complete with extravagant pyrotechnical light shows. Their popularity was extremely strong in Texas, where they first received strong radio attention; but, they were stellar standouts at California's US Festival, and garnered a considerable fan base and radio attention by regularly touring the world, especially throughout North America and Europe. Like their fellow Canadians Rush and Saga.

04.01.2011 - Marcelb7
If Journey and Rush are on this site, so should Triumph. Rik Emmett is a guitar god!

22.01.2012 - malymich
this band definitely deserves place on this site!

15.09.2014 - Kitharistas87
I agree that this band deserves place on this site. It's one of the finest hard rock/progressive rock bands of Canada.

06.10.2011 - forest
Alexey Arzamazov is the mastermind and only remaining original member of Shadow Host. He formed the band in Moscow, 1993.
Andrey Smirnov was forced to leave in 2007 due to the time he needed to spend with his main band Everlost.
After Victor Anger's departure in 2009, original vocalist Sergey Kayumov returned. According to Shadow Host's official site, bassist Vasiliy Rumyantsev is no longer in the band, and Sergey Kayumov is again playing the bass.

08.10.2011 - powa_emanuel
Adrián Barilari with the keyboardist Hugo Bistolfi, who also left Rata Blanca in 1994, form Alianza, with many musicians sessions, which were the only members permanently was Barilari and Bistolfi. The duo explore ballads sound with more keyboard presence than Rata Blanca. Alianza did not have much impact in Argentina, but in other Latin American countries.They edited three albums Sueños del Mundo (1994), Alianza (1997), and Huellas (1999).

21.04.2011 - RaquelSenra
AraPacis (Ara-Patches) is a female fronted metal band hailing from Montreal, Canada. Formed in 2003 by guitarist Jerry Fielden, their main goal was to re-create some of the orignal aspects of 1970's Hard Rock and Progressive Rock and fuse it together with early 21st Century Progressive, Doom & Gothic Metal to make an interesting metal hybrid. Their debut album ''So Many Leapers'' was released in April of 2006. and their second album ''Consequences Of Dreams'' was released on October 5, 2009. The band is now working on their 3rd album.

22.04.2011 - Jerryfie
AraPacis is more Classic/Prog Metal than Metalcore, AraPacis has shared the stage with The Agonist, Raven and Anvil, amongst other bands.

14.12.2013 - Syk
Not metalcore... somethin' else. Appeared with the closing track on this femme-metal (voices) compilation http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/album.php?album_id=32808 Third album 'Netherworld' released end of 2011 on Ravenheart Music, and 'Déjà-Vu' EP self-released at end of March, this year (now available for free DL from the band's site, along with about six other older songs) (it appears DV EP is 4 re-recordings of older songs - so you can hear So Many Leapers' title-track twice, and find the advances they've made over 7 years)

15.12.2010 - LethalLipstick
Lethal Lipstick have reissued their early recordings under the names 'There Goes The Neighborhood' and 'Action'. Both CDs are available for purchase at Reverbnation.com and iTunes.
'There Goes The Neighborhood' was Lethal Lipstick's debut demo cassette, originally released in 1989. The demo got the band signed to a major management company and resulted in a record deal, but the deal went sour when Sony bought CBS records. In late 1989/early 1990 Lethal Lipstick recorded their debut album. Three of the songs from that album were released on a promo CD by the band's management company, who was shopping it for a new record deal, and now the band have released those recordings as 'Action'.
Lethal Lipstick consisted of Nick Grind (vocals), Gary Grafixx (bass), Billy Lixx (drums, replacing Chris Quinn after the release of 'There Goes The Neighborhood') and guitarist Mike Trash who has just released 'Today The Devil, Tomorrow The World' with his new band The Erotics.
Soon Lethal Lipstick will release the other 7 recordings from the album independently under the title 'Wild Child', followed by the release of 'So Ho' featuring 6 songs the band recorded back in 1991. For more information on the band visit www.facebook.com/LethalLipstick and www.reverbnation.com/lethallipstick.

14.12.2010 - Meller
This is a bit tricky one to convince you guys that it's worth an add-on, since I have no link to point you guys to, but I urge you to seek their stuff out and give it a spin. There's no official site nor even a fan-made Myspace-page available, which I find odd... In any case, Scalplock was something that should've been hailed a the saviours of Grindore. Also oddly, that never happened, in about any scale. Releasing three full-lengths and the same amount of EP's the band is dead and gone, as I believe so is one of their members, which buried Scalplock permanently. This stuff rips walls and throats alike, the way Grind was meant to do.

13.12.2010 - pdepmcp
A rising underground band with 2 demos, 3 splits and a full length.
Atrough the band is basically a raw black metal act, it has some points of interest that should be digged out by BM fans and an overall good quality in both songwriting and performance.

28.05.2013 - scrambles
This is a very good Slam Death Metal band from Germany who just released their second full-length, bringing them up to 2 demos and 2 full albums. They're about to do their first shows in the U.S., then they're touring the U.K. a little bit, then Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium, then they start the Europsychosis Tour. Here's their schedule, as listed on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pighead-Official/150469285008034?ref=ts&id=150469285008034&sk=events
Their songwriting is amazing, and Martin's inhaled vocals are quite possibly the best I've ever heard. Here's their Encyclopedia Metallum page:
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Pighead/3540314934

13.12.2010 - FASTFINGERSGREEN
We are an up and coming metal band from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Our songs have good guitar harmonies , solid double bass and recently added a wicked bassist to our line-up who goes by the name "FastfingersGreen". We feel that the Metal community would be interested in our music and would embrace us with open arms. We have two CD's recorded and are currently working on our third at the present time . Thank you for your time and I hope you let us into the "Metal Storm" world. Cheers for now ...HELLRAZER

15.12.2010 - DarthMetalllicus
Hellrazer are a great live band, and stylistically along the lines of Gamma Ray and classic Judas Priest - great guitar riffs and melodic leads. Check out their latest release "Prisoner of the Mind" on their myspace site.

12.12.2010 - Kuroboshi
A kind of legendary Swedish band I guess. It's the other band of Marco Aro, and their last album is in the direction I felt that Haunted should have went. They were apparently preparing to release an album in 2008, but there haven't been any news of late. Fans of In Flames and Haunted etc. will certainly want to check this band out.

12.12.2010 - CrippledReverend
Ken wanted to do a solid rock album, and get back to his "roots". This is reflected in the title of the album; "Reincarnation". Instead of just doing a guitar instrumental album, which is something he finds too boring, he wanted to have real songs on the album and great singers. It was time to collect some favours from his friends, and record some amazing songs with killer musicians and top notch production. The album includes names such as; Glenn Hughes (ex-Deep Purple), Ken Hensley (ex-Uriah Heep), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus), Nils K. Rue (Pagans Mind), Chesney Hawkes, Tommy La Verdi (ex-21 Guns), Eirikur Hauksson aka Eric Hawk (ex-Artch), Truls Haugen (Circus Maximus), Morty Black (ex-TNT), Ole Devold (Tritonus), Aslak Johnsen (Mindtech), Jon Rydningen (Dream Police) and more. The album is mastered by Björn Engelmann (Rammstein, Europe, Cher), and due to release during 2010.

12.12.2010 - Meller
WTF??? Sounds more like bad attempt at Mathcore. It's OK to have fun when doing music, but their fun sounds forced and inaptly mimicked from the early works of The Dillinger Escape Plan. Let the guys grow musically in peace, and let us check the situation after, say, 5 years, to see if there's been any progress. At the moment, no. -1

09.12.2010 - AL-GBR-AL820
It's first Macedonian Stoner/Sludge band, which works on recording album (soon will be).
There is Ethno-black elements...
There's two demo recordings
The Story of Fallen Light and his Doom (2009 demo)
and Chator Loose her Clit (2010 demo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xY4_VHov-c

08.12.2010 - DrPhilzzgood
A great band who was touring with Black Label Society on their Berzekus Tour in 2010, very Pantera-alike , they have a great energy in their shows and are very friendly off-stage.

04.12.2010 - qlacs
These guys are really awesome.
Switch Opens from Stockholm, Sweden started out in 2000 as Fingerspitzengefühl. They made two albums for Kooljunk Communications, Fingerspitzengefühl in 2004 and Happy Doomsday in 2006, and decided to continue as SWITCH OPENS in 2008. The first two albums were highly acclaimed in Swedish and European rock press, such as Close-Up Magazine, Sweden Rock Magazine, Metal Hammer, and Rock Hard. Happy Doomsday was nominated as best metal/punk in the Swedish independent music awards (Manifest) in 2006. The band has done extensive gigging on their own, but also supported bands such as Neurosis, Scars on Broadway and Entombed. The band has earned a reputation as an adrenalized live act. Switch Opens signed to GMR Music Group in October 2008 and the new record Switch opens was released on September 9th 2009.
Band Members:
Anders Bartonek - drums
Tomas Bergstrand - guitar
Jesper Skarin - bass & vocals
Mikael Tuominen - guitar

04.12.2010 - jin0001
PERIHELLIUM - prog-metal band - new release: The War Machines
Hallo!
First of all I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Gerard Wrobel. I'm a guitarist and I run the Polish progressive metal band PERIHELLIUM ( http://www.perihellium.com ). We ended up the second album named: THE WAR MACHINES which will be available very soon.
For taste of sounds and our music click the links below.
There are 2 films. One of them is a documentary film made in Zed Studio during recording sessions and the second film is a new song from the album. Please watch them:
Making of THE WAR MACHINES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d43wIe31hGY
The Machines from Zed Studio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb7NfQzzXTc
We are looking for reviews /interviews and media support for our new release.
Mail us if you are interested to support us: perihellium@wp.pl
For more info visit us:
http://perihellium.com/
http://www.myspace.com/perihellium
http://www.youtube.com/user/perihellium
Best regards
Gerard Wrobel
perihellium.com
perihellium@wp.pl